struggle in a small town

Chapter 17 I'm Not Coming Tomorrow

Lin Zhiyuan looked at the daily water records, and found that what Chen Lei said was correct, there were indeed quite a few customers who came to the car wash when he went out in the morning and evening.

But at other times during the day, there is almost no business.

There is no way, the customers are all residents of the opposite community. During the day, everyone has to earn money to support their families, and their cars are outside.

Lin Zhiyuan wandered around and found that there were three residential areas around, but beside each residential area, there was a small road leading to the main street.

In addition, there are only shops around the community.

Although the car wash shop is not far from the other three communities, most people really don't bother to drive for two steps.

Lin Zhiyuan once again felt that Chen Lei was being fooled.

And Chen Lei was too anxious.

If Lin Zhiyuan were to do this, he would have to squat in front of the car wash shop for at least a week to see the passenger flow throughout the day.

What about Chen Lei?
I just went out to take a look at it sooner or later, and thought that the business of the car wash shop was booming, so I picked it up in a daze.

At noon that day, Lin Zhiyuan called Chen Lei, planning to print some leaflets and distribute them, maybe he could find new customers.

Chen Lei has no objection, let him do whatever he wants.

But when Lin Zhiyuan asked his sister-in-law for the printing fee, the sister-in-law thought that the business in the store was good and there was no need to print leaflets, so she refused to pay the money.

Lin Zhiyuan didn't want to break up with her, so he printed a batch at his own expense, and called two employees to distribute leaflets around.

When he walked forward, his sister-in-law called Liu Li, saying that Lin Zhiyuan had taken his employees to skip work and wanted to trick the store's money into printing flyers.

Liu Li angrily called Chen Lei: "What's the matter with Lin Zhiyuan? He's not in the store during working hours, and he still has to spend money to print leaflets?"

"Wife, don't listen to your sister-in-law"

Liu Li's anger was transmitted through the mobile phone: "My sister-in-law is one of my own, and Lin Zhiyuan is an outsider. I don't believe who my sister-in-law believes?"

Chen Lei was also angry: "My sister-in-law is a housewife, what kind of business does she know?"

"My surname is Chen, do you look down on me?" Liu Li began to cry as she spoke, "I have been married to you for so many years, but I have not enjoyed any blessings and suffered a lot. Do you have a conscience?"

Chen Lei was most afraid of this, so he could only coax in a low voice: "My wife, I don't mean that, I'll call Xiaoyuan right away and ask him to go back to the store."

Liu Li stopped crying in an instant: "Let me tell you, Lin Zhiyuan will pay for the money for printing the leaflets himself! If you dare to give him a penny, the divorce will not be discussed!"

The phone hangs up.

Chen Lei looked at the phone helplessly, not knowing how to face Lin Zhiyuan.

After much deliberation, he still called Lin Zhiyuan and told him about his difficulties and Liu Li's request.

Lin Zhiyuan listened quietly, without much fluctuation in mood.

He already knew who Liu Li was, and he was mentally prepared. During this period of time, Quan Dang came out to play, and it could be used as an excuse to refuse Song Xiuni to let him go on a blind date.

After Chen Lei finished speaking, he calmly replied: "Let's not talk so much. It just so happens that I have something to do recently, so I won't go to the store in the future."

Chen Lei choked.

His original intention was definitely not to let Lin Zhiyuan go away. Although he was afraid of his wife, he knew in his heart that his sister-in-law was definitely not suitable for business.

Now Lin Zhiyuan is in charge of the store, and it still looks decent.

If Lin Zhiyuan left, don't worry, those car washers would definitely leave too.

But how to persuade?
He called Lin Zhiyuan over to help, not to mention the benefits, and even asked Lin Zhiyuan to pay, how could he have the face to keep someone?
Lin Zhiyuan knew that he was in trouble, so he found an excuse to save face for him: "You also know that I am not young, and my mother is urging me to go on a blind date. It's not going to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I have to go around with my mother. If I'm lucky, maybe I'm getting married next year."

Chen Lei sighed: "Dude, I owe you this time."

"Let's not say whether we owe it or not." Lin Zhiyuan suddenly felt a lot more relaxed: "I'll go to the store to explain it later, and I won't come tomorrow."

With a heavy heart, Chen Lei called Liu Li back, saying that Lin Zhiyuan quit.

"If you don't do it, don't do it. The earth won't turn around without him?" Liu Li snorted coldly: "He didn't do anything in the store, and he still needs to be paid. You have a lot of money!"

Chen Lei could only remain silent.

When Lin Zhiyuan returned to the car wash shop, his sister-in-law, who had heard the news a long time ago, looked at him with a happy face: "Xiao Lin, I just checked the attendance record. You haven't been here for a few days, and you are late, leave early and absent from work. What's the salary?"

Lin Zhiyuan casually put a stack of leaflets on the counter: "I'm here to help Chen Lei, and I didn't intend to ask for salary. You know everything about the store, and there's nothing to explain, so I'm leaving now."

The sister-in-law felt that Lin Zhiyuan was very sensible, and was very satisfied with his attitude: "Okay, then I won't see you off."

Lin Zhiyuan greeted the four employees and left the car wash shop.

Lin Zhiyuan took a taxi to the cafe.

Anyway, it's already afternoon, and besides, it's Friday again, so there's no need to make a trip home.

There was no one in the cafe during working hours, Lei Ming stayed behind the counter and watched TV dramas, when he heard the door knock he raised his head: "Brother Lin so early?"

"I have nothing to do at home, come out for a walk."

Lei Ming stood up: "What do you want to drink?"

"Come to the pot of Dahongpao."

"okay."

Lei Ming turned into the operating room to say hello, then turned out and sat opposite Lin Zhiyuan.

The two chatted for a while, then Gao Peng pushed the door open and said, "It's so hot, Lei Zi is here for a bucket of iced Coke."

Lin Zhiyuan was puzzled, why Gao Peng had nothing to do?

Gao Peng sat down next to Lin Zhiyuan, looked up at the air outlet of the air conditioner: "The wind is so small? Turn it up."

Lei Ming took the Coke from the refrigerator, unscrewed it and handed it to Gao Peng: "Are the police out?"

Gao Peng drank more than half of the bottle of Coke in one breath, before letting out a sigh of relief: "There is an old lady in the jurisdiction who lost her cat, and the baby looks like her own grandson. I have been looking for it since the morning, and I finally found it."

Lei Ming answered: "I remember you were on the night shift last night, didn't you sleep?"

Gao Peng patted his chest: "The people come to ask the police for help, I'm the only one idle, I have to go."

Lei Ming turned around and went to the back kitchen.

Lin Zhiyuan quickly persuaded Gao Peng: "Your body is important, go back to sleep."

"Young, it's okay to stay up all night."

Gao Peng didn't take it seriously at all. He unscrewed the bottle cap and drank the remaining Coke in a few sips. He raised his hand and threw the empty bottle into the trash can accurately.

Lin Zhiyuan didn't know the working hours of the police, so he asked seriously, "Are you going to work tomorrow?"

"No. We work every two days and two days off. One day shift is 12 hours, the other night shift is 12 hours, and we have two days off." Gao Peng looked melancholy: "I still worked a few extra hours today, which is considered voluntary labor."

It was only then that Lin Zhiyuan realized that it was no wonder that Gao Peng participated in activities every Friday. It turned out that he had already arranged the time.

Lei Ming came out with a fruit plate from the back kitchen: "Didn't you eat? A bowl of noodles for you?"

"Okay, I'm really hungry."

Gao Peng ate and ate, remembering that Lin Zhiyuan and Lei Ming were rivals in love, his eyes swept over the two of them, thinking that Lin Zhiyuan came so early today, could it be to declare war?
Lin Zhiyuan pretended to be timid: "Uncle policeman, I am a law-abiding citizen, don't scare me."

"Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door."

Lin Zhiyuan shook his head and retorted: "When a person is alive, no matter who he is, there are one or two bad things in his heart, and I am no exception."

Gao Peng inserted his chopsticks into the noodles and stirred them: "The French Open is back, and it's not leaking. It's lenient when you confess, and strict when you resist. I advise you not to take chances."

Lin Zhiyuan couldn't laugh or cry: "I really didn't break the law."

(End of this chapter)